End reenforcement for railway box cars



L. L). BONSALL.

END REENFURCEMENT FUR RAILWAY BOX CARS.

APPLxcAUuN man v2.15. |919.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. I5I I9I9.

Patented Oct. 24, 1922.

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Pnt-mea oci. 24, 1922.

UNITED rSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES D. BONSALL, OF NEW KENSINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WALTER P. MURPHY. OF NEW YORK. N. Y.

END REENFORCEMENT FOR RAILWAY BOX CARS.

Application filed April 1..'3, 1919. Serial No. 290,217.

To all whom '1.' r' may oonrfern Be it known that l. (lrmunns I). BoNsAnn. a citizen of the United States, residing at New Kensington, in the county of 4Ulcgheny and Stute of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End Reenforcements for Railway Box (n-s, of which the following is :i specification.

My invention relates to u rcenforcernent for the endwalls of railway box cale of wood construction ol' the type employing a pair of upright metal reinforcing elements which are secured by suitable bracing or anchoring Ineens to the roof framing und under 'framing of the cur. lvhile the rnd Wall of a railway eer is liable to Cargo thrusts at all points thereon, and is niwnys subject to "wearingf stresses, the moet les` tructive thrusts of the lading are likely to be at or near the floor of the car where the heavier articles are usualliY placed. My invention seeks to take advent-.ige of this circumstanee for the purpose of ecouoniizing metal in the manufacture of' the upright reinforcing members und minimizing the weight of the reinforcing structure by formA ing said members so that they will be heaviest and strongest at the bottoni und of gradual diminishing weight and strength tenerti the roof of the ear. The invention contenl'iletcs making azi4 pair of such reinforcing members from :i single rectangular plate which is divided on n. diagonal line und each half of the pluie presseil to :i Z-shzipc in CIOSS Section, the web oi' the Z-bnr beA ing widest at its lower end and tapered in width toward the top; the web, however, having a. substantial width at the top so es to insure rigid anchorage to the bracing frame that forms en integral part of the reenforcement and transmits the loads on the upright members to the side Wall freine members of the ear.

The invention is illustrated.y in a preferred embodiment,y in the accompanying d ruwings. wherein- Fig. 1 is an end View of the superstructure of a` railway box oar reinforced in aeeordance with the inventiori.

Fig. 2 is sentie-nal `plan on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan vieri' of the upper portion of the car framing with the roof structure removed. f

Fig. el is n vertical sectional View on line 4--4 of Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is n diagram of the blank from which the two upright reinforcing members :ire manufactured, and

Fig. (i is :i fragmentary scale of the severed blank 'for one bf these nlei'ul'i'ers, the dotted lines indicating the lines on which the blank is bent to give the reinforcing inen'iber formed therefrom the desired cross sectional configuration.

Like rlmructers oi' reference designate like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 10 indicates the end sheathing of the our.y 11 the end lining. 12 the corner posts, 1? the end sill. 14 the end posts. 15 the diagonal braces, 16 the cnd vplete und 1T the side plates.

Aligned with the end posts 14 on the out4 side of the cur ure a pair of metal reinforcing members 18 which are preferably formed by severing u rectangular blank V19 (Fig. fr) along the diagonal line Q() and bending euch of the blanks 21 along tlif` linesy 'l. l (Fig. (i) running sulmtuntinlly parullel to the rcslwciirely adjacent edges of the blank to gire the member a Z-shape in cross section. The Hunges 25 of the Z- burs thus formed nre of' substantially uniform width for their entire. length but the intervening web 2li is widest :it the lower end of the bnr und diminishes in Width to werd the top. The Z-burs are anchored to the end sill 13 by means of bolts 27 and by short :ingles :2H riveted to the outstanding webs 26 of the Z-bms und secured to the sillV by bolts 29. lf desired the flanges 24 of the Z-bar may be fastened :it intervals to the end posts 14- by bolts 30.

The upper ends of the Z-bnrsl are secured to an angular member 3l fastened by bolts 3Q to the inside of the end plate 16. Any Suitable form of bracing structure may be employed. for distributing the stresses on the angular member 31 to the side walls of the car and for bracing the roof framing of the ear as against weaving strains. I have shown u pair of diagonal intersecting braces 33 fastened at one pair of extremities to the angular member 3l and at the other to angular members 34 secured by bolts 35 to the side plates 17 the braces 33 being preferably secured together at their intersection by a View, on :t larger gusset plate 36. The reinforcing members iS preferably extend considerably above the an fular member 3l und have their upper en( s secured by bolts 37 to `the end plate 16 ves shown in Fig. 4.

'forcing.structure for the end of the car comprising a pair of upright members shaped in cross section, the width of the outstanding web of each ofy which is greatest near the fioor of the car and*V diminishes toward the roof. l

3.l In combination with the wooden end wall of a railway box ear, a metal reinforcln structure for the end of the car eomprsing a pair of upright members Zshaped *invoross section from end to end with their outstanding Webs widest near the oor of the icer and diminishing toward the roof and the flanges of said members being of substantially uniform width.

4. In combination with the wooden end wall, side walls and end sill of a railway box cer, a bracing structure arranged within the ear connecting the upper portion of ln combination with the wooden end wallr` side walls and end sill of a railway box eer, a bracing structure arranged within the ear connecting the upper portion of the end walls and side walls, and "a pair or' pressed steel, upright members Z-shaped in cross section connected to the end silfl at the bottom and at the top to said bracingr structure, and having outstanding' webs which are widest at the bottom and diminish in width toward the top. 1' 'l v 6. In combination with the wooden end wall of a railway box car, e metal reinforc ing.r structure for the end of the car-cornprising a peir oi pressed meta] members, Z-shaped 'in cross-section and made in each case from a blank in which one longitudinal edge of the blank is oblique to the other, each of said members extending from a point adjacent the floor of the car to the roof and formed with en outstandin web of greater width at the bottom than at the top and with fianges of substantially uniform Width throughout projecting from opposite feces of said web.

CHARLES D. BONSALL.

Corlticate of Correction.

It. is hereby certified that in LeLtL-rs Patent No. ff, grunted October 24, 1922, .upon the application of Charles l). Bonsnll, of Now Kensington, Pennsyl- Qllmia, for an improvement in End Rconforcements for Railway Box Cars, an error appears in the printed speri :.1ton requiring correction as follows: 'Pge 1 line 80, for the. reference numeral 21 remi :22,- aml thor the sniff Letters Patont should-beir'ead with this-correction therein that thu same may conform 120 the record of the cage in the Patent l Mice.

Signed and sealed tlrxis 28h day of November, A. D., 1922.

[m] KARL FENNING,

Acting Commission@ of Patente. 

